• Source: Bight (geography)

In geography, a bight () is a concave bend or curvature in a coastline, river or other geographical feature, or it may refer to a very open bay formed by such a feature. Such bays are typically broad, open, shallow and only slightly recessed.




Description


Bights are distinguished from sounds, in that sounds are much deeper. Traditionally, explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in a square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind (typically meaning the apex of the bight is less than 25 degrees from the edges).
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an indentation with an area as large as (or larger than) that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation, can be regarded as a bay not merely a bight.




Etymology


The term is derived from Old English byht ("bend, angle, corner; bay, bight") with German Bucht and Danish bugt as cognates, both meaning "bay". Bight is not etymologically related to "bite" (Old English bītan).




Notable examples


Bight of Bangkok
Bay of Campeche
Bay of Plenty
Bight of Benin
Bight of Biafra
Canterbury Bight
German Bight or Heligoland Bight
Great Australian Bight
McKenzie Bight
Mecklenburg Bight
Mid-Atlantic Bight
New York Bight
North Taranaki Bight
Robson Bight
Santa Monica Bay
South Taranaki Bight
Southern Bight
Southern California Bight
Trinity Bight, Newfoundland and Labrador




References

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• Pulau King (Tasmania)
• Sarawak
• Kamerun
• Daftar laut di dunia
• Bight (geography)
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• Bight of Biafra
• Jade Bight
• German Bight
• Bight of Benin
• New York Bight
• Great Australian Bight
• South Taranaki Bight
• North Taranaki Bight